Speaking of Sallis, his review of Cynthia Ozick's latest
novel appeared in the Washington Post Book World
yesterday.

********** Interesting to see Ozick's name pop up. I am not
familiar with her but saw a book at a local used bookstore,
Caveat Emptor, that had a short story by here called "The
Shawl" that was described as brutal, so I picked it up. I
haven't read it yet so I can't say if it's hardboiled or
noir. There's also a novella in it, too.